Monday, August 29, 2011

This mural is painted by Scott Hove on the side of his business called Cakeland at Shattuck Avenue and 56th St. Silly me, I thought it was a bakery. So wrong. It's a gallery and workshop for art installations using fantasy cakes that cannot be eaten but you can "have" for as long as you desire. The mural hints at the themes within. At first glance it looks whimsical and cheerful. If you look longer you'll start to see troubling or incongruent images and components that seem a little menacing. That's what you get with the cake installations, and then some. Peruse the link and you'll see what I mean.